As Home Speaker Mike Johnson seeks to retain his grip on the gavel, Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., is demanding “assurances” that Johnson “won’t sell us out to the swamp.”
Johnson, who secured the speaker’s gavel final yr, received a serious enhance on Monday when Trump endorsed him to stay within the position.
“I understand why President Trump is endorsing Speaker Johnson as he did Speaker Ryan, which is definitely important. However, we still need to get assurances that @SpeakerJohnson won’t sell us out to the swamp,” Spartz famous in a publish on X.
“President Trump will be able to save America only if we have a speaker with courage, vision and a plan – also public commitment to the American people how he will help deliver President Trump’s agenda to drain the swamp,” she added in one other tweet.
Spartz had beforehand issued a press release on Monday by which she known as out Congress’s profligate spending and demanded a plan to perform President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, one thing which she stated she has not seen from present Home Speaker Mike Johnson.
TRUMP GIVES JOHNSON ‘COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT’ AHEAD OF SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT
Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., left, and Speaker of the Home Mike Johnson, R-La. (Left: Win McNamee/Getty Photographs; Proper: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Photographs)
“Congress has abandoned its constitutional duty to the American people to properly oversee the spending of their hard-earned money paid as taxes,” Spartz declared within the assertion. “Our next speaker must show courageous leadership to get our country back on track before this ‘Titanic’ strikes an iceberg at any moment.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to Johnson’s workplace however no remark was supplied.
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Speaker of the Home Mike Johnson shakes fingers with President-elect Donald Trump onstage at a Home Republicans Convention assembly on the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photographs)
In a publish on Reality Social, Trump described Johnson as “a good, hard working, religious man,’ and declared, “He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN. Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement. MAGA!!!”
Speaker Johnson thanked Trump in a publish on X, noting, “Together, we will quickly deliver on your America First agenda and usher in the new golden age of America. The American people demand and deserve that we waste no time. Let’s get to work!”
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has stated that he won’t vote for Johnson to stay speaker, maintained his place on Monday after Trump’s endorsement.
MASSIE COMES OUT AGAINST JOHNSON RETAINING SPEAKER’S GAVEL: ‘HE DOES NOT HAVE MY VOTE’
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., is seen exterior the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Photographs)
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“I respect and support President Trump, but his endorsement of Mike Johnson is going to work out about as well as his endorsement of Speaker Paul Ryan. We’ve seen Johnson partner with the democrats to send money to Ukraine, authorize spying on Americans, and blow the budget,” Massie tweeted.
